VAR overturns involving Liverpool this season: 2 went against Liverpool (goal ruled out v Forest, penalty overturned v Ipswich), 0 in Liverpool's favour. This counts the direction of each overturn as recorded by the data feed; it is not a judgement on whether the decisions were correct. Panel verdicts, where they exist, are quoted below.
Every VAR overturn in Liverpool's games
| Date | Opponent | Score | Minute | What happened | Direction | Referee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 29 Aug | Forest (H) | 2-2 | 32' | Goal ruled out after VAR review (Liverpool, Florian Wirtz) | Against | Sam Barrott |
| Fri 4 Sept | Ipswich (A) | 0-2 | 69' | Penalty overturned after VAR review (Liverpool, Dominik Szoboszlai) | Against | Darren England |
3 of Liverpool's 5 games had no VAR overturn recorded. Scores are home-away.
Covers every finished Premier League game up to Sunday 20 September 2026 (Matchweek 5). Updated 30 September 2026.
Incidents from Liverpool's games reviewed by the KMI panel
Votes are written as the Premier League prints them: the first figure is the number of panellists who agreed with the printed verdict.
- Newcastle v Liverpool, Sun 23 Aug, 90:00+05:09. Penalty awarded. Challenge by Hall (NEW) on Munoz (LIV). On-field decision: correct (5:0); no VAR intervention, which the panel found correct (5:0). The referee was Stuart Attwell.
"The panel unanimously supported the Referee's call of a penalty. Hall stepped across Munoz making contact with the attacker and not with the ball."Key Match Incidents panel, Match Round 1, published by the Premier League on 2 September 2026. Article, full table (PDF).
- Liverpool v Forest, Sat 29 Aug, 31:50. Goal awarded. Frimpong (LIV) in an onside position. On-field decision: incorrect, Frimpong offside (0:5); VAR overturned the on-field decision, which the panel found correct, factual offside (5:0). The referee was Sam Barrott.
"The VAR overturn to disallow the goal for an offside offence against Frimpong was supported. When the ball was played, by Wirtz, Frimpong was in an offside position and then plays the ball himself. Whilst the pass makes contact with a defender this is not a 'controlled action'."Key Match Incidents panel, Match Round 2, published by the Premier League on 9 September 2026. Article, full table (PDF).
- Liverpool v Forest, Sat 29 Aug, 67:43. Penalty awarded. Challenge by Alisson (LIV) on Williams (NFO). On-field decision: incorrect, no foul by Alisson (2:3); no VAR intervention, which the panel found correct, not a clear and obvious error (5:0). The referee was Sam Barrott.
"The panel felt that the referee's call of a penalty was incorrect on-field, 3:2. The contact from Alisson was inevitable as a consequence of his momentum in attempting to save the ball; the contact made was not reckless and below the threshold for a penalty. However, the non-intervention by the VAR was unanimously supported on the basis that it was not a clear and obvious error."Key Match Incidents panel, Match Round 2, published by the Premier League on 9 September 2026. Article, full table (PDF).
- Ipswich v Liverpool, Fri 4 Sept, 67:07. Penalty not awarded. Challenge by Davis (IPS) on Szoboszlai (LIV), offside decision. On-field decision: incorrect (0:5); VAR overturned the on-field decision, which the panel found correct, factual overturn (5:0). The referee was Darren England.
"There was a clear offside offence in the attacking phase which negated any potential penalty award. The on field offside decision was incorrect and the VAR intervention was correct to identify this as part of the potential penalty review. The panel would have expected a penalty to be awarded if there was no offside offence beforehand."Key Match Incidents panel, Match Round 3, published by the Premier League on 16 September 2026. Article, full table (PDF).
- Ipswich v Liverpool, Fri 4 Sept, 44:56. Penalty not awarded. Challenge by Fatawu (IPS) on Gakpo (LIV). On-field decision: correct (4:1); no VAR intervention, which the panel found correct (5:0). The referee was Darren England.
"An unusual situation where some contact is made by Fatawu on Gakpo after the ball is laid off. The panel was split, 4:1, with the majority feeling that the contact was below the high threshold for a foul and they unanimously felt that this was not a clear and obvious error for VAR intervention."Key Match Incidents panel, Match Round 3, published by the Premier League on 16 September 2026. Article, full table (PDF).
- Liverpool v Fulham, Sat 12 Sept, 10:29. Penalty not awarded. Challenge by Alisson (LIV) on King (FUL). On-field decision: correct (4:1); no VAR intervention, which the panel found correct (5:0). The referee was Tom Bramall.
"The panel supported the referee's call of no penalty, 4:1. Alisson committed to a challenge which was then hurdled by King following completion of his action to pass the ball; so the lack of contact made it difficult to award a penalty."Key Match Incidents panel, Match Round 4, published by the Premier League on 23 September 2026. Article, full table (PDF).
What is counted here. The data feed records that VAR intervened and what the outcome was: a goal ruled out, a goal awarded, a penalty overturned, a card upgraded. It does not record whether a decision was right, and neither does this page. "In favour" and "against" describe whose goal, penalty or card the overturn concerned. The only bodies that rule on correctness are the Premier League's Key Match Incidents panel and Pro Ref, the referees' body formerly known as PGMOL; where the panel has published a verdict it is quoted with its date on the KMI panel page.
Common questions
How many VAR decisions have gone against Liverpool this season?
2 of the 2 VAR overturns recorded in Liverpool's 5 games up to 20 September 2026 concerned Liverpool's own goal, penalty or card (goal ruled out v Forest, penalty overturned v Ipswich). That is the direction of the overturn, not a verdict on it; the Premier League's panel has published verdicts on 6 incidents from Liverpool's games, quoted on this page.
Who decides whether a VAR decision was wrong?
The Premier League's Key Match Incidents panel, which votes on each chosen incident and publishes its verdicts about ten days after the round, and Pro Ref (formerly PGMOL) through its own statements. This site quotes both with dates and never adds a verdict of its own. See the KMI panel page.
Who has refereed Liverpool's games this season?
Every referee and the record under each is on the Liverpool referees page.